10: Nightmares remains.
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Wrath and the shadows of Pride arrive at their hideout. Ashley rises from her chair to let them in.
"My lord Pride; it's a great honor to meet you." Ashley bows. Pride's blue eyes glow from the shadows on his face
"Of course you are mortal. Now Wrath; I don't have a physical body." Wrath nods so he bites his thumb and offers it to Pride. He takes it and the shadows lap some of the golden blood before Wrath's healing powers kick in. The shadows start to peel away from Pride's fame;
"It's nice to see that you don't look all too shabby Wrath. Considering you're more of a chaotic fellow and your clothes don't usually last long." Pride states. Now he has black hair like his brother's but it's slicked back like how Elvis Presley would have his hair and there's never a hair out-of-place. His clothes are made of the finest leathers and fabrics that wealthy people wear, there's never a stain on him. His soft tanned skin makes his eyes even stand out more, they're the color of a flame like blue but they hum a constant glow from his face. There's no flaw to him at all; and he's toned meaning throughout his imprisonment he maintained himself.
"Thank you for the compliment brother. It flatters me." Wrath teases causing Pride to narrow his eyes at him.
"Now, I heard that this Wizard has wishes to release all of the others to get us into some warfare. Is that correct?" Pride glances over at Ashley, she's in awe and drops to her knees. Pride mutters to himself about how ridiculous that it was this female that broke out Wrath from the Nightosphere. "Now; who are we going after next?"
"I was planning if we went in for Greed next; in the Ice Kingdom." Ashley speaks, Pride whips his head at her
"I appreciate the help Ms. Ashley but; Wrath and I can't be weighed down by a mortal. How bout if you be a doll and don't interfere with us. It's such a nuisance to bring you along." He states and Wrath grins.
"Hey! If it weren't for me you both wouldn't be here! I'm your master and you will listen to me!" She tries to regain her dignity so this makes Pride to grow a wicked smile. He comes over to her and pulls her up to her feet,
"You're right. I'm sorry to not consider your value. But I'm afraid, you're prone to me. I'm your master now." he picks her up by her neck into the air and she chokes as he tightens his hold around her. "Sweet dreams child." and as soon as she blacks out; he drops her to the floor and goes to where Wrath is. "Let's go brother, we haven't had a proper meal in eons." Wrath nods pleased with his brother's idea and they leave the hideout despite risking on being seen.
They're caught in a downpour but it doesn't matter to them. They can't get wet no matter what. As long as there's people prone to them, they're not affected by mortal limitations.
"You seem shaken Wrath." Pride breaks the silence between them. Wrath throws his hands into his pockets and sighs
"I'm not, I met another immortal that can pose a threat to us and even a mortal. The immortal's Marshall Lee the Vampire King;"
"But why should it be a threat? You were one who stirred the first Vampires. They're your legacy meaning you can control them if the situation ever presented itself." Pride states as they come upon the village where there's thieves everywhere. They stop at the border and Pride glances over to Wrath. "Their flesh and souls won't be as high class to my liking but I'm willing to scoop down to your level Wrath. What do you say? It's your call," Wrath grins and the hardening larva pits in his eyes intensify.
"It's been a while since we hunted for live prey together Pride. Let's go." They turn into giant versions of themselves that towers over the city. Wrath spits out lava from his mouth as Pride begins a fire storm to ascend onto the city. There's screams filling the air as the civilians are being burned and the smell of burning skin scratches the air.
"Ohmigod..." Cake drops to her knees as she's in shock at the remains of the city. Fionna and Marshall take the lead to investigate what happened. Early in the morning they heard that the city was burned to the ground but the rebel Vampires aren't even capable of something like this. Fionna tosses some rumble over and there's a body. She screams a bit causing Marshall to float over to investigate. The body's half eaten away and harden rock's formed over the legs but the skin has burns; other than that looks as if that wasn't what killed the person.
"It looks like something the Nightmares would have done. I'm not even capable of doing this." Marshall points out as he studies the body. His bat like nostrils pick up the scent confirming his suspicions. "Wrath and Pride must have done this. Fionna, this is really dangerous." his shoulders tense up
"What's wrong Marshall?" Fionna asks as she sets a hand on him causing him to relax.
"If apparently what Wrath said was right; about him being my ancestor or whatever, it means I could be capable of this too. It makes me sick; I don't want to end up hurting you Fionna." He glances up at her and his usual mischievous red eyes shine a worried tone on them. She smiles a bit
"You're not going to Marshall." she tries to convince him but he shrugs.
"C'mon; we got to tell the others. Nightmares feed on whatever living creature they can get. From the looks of it, this was really something they wouldn't have preferred. If they did the remains would have been stripped clean." the bones have some muscle still on it adding evidence to Marshall's reasoning.
"Can you tell who did what?"
"Wrath did the lava; explains there's igneous rock, and Pride must have done the fire." She nods so on that note fear strikes a bit into her. He pats her on the small of her back. "Let's go." She nods so Cake and them go over to the Candy Kingdom to tell Gumball their discoveries.
The air's filled with the scent of burned sugar and dirt in the Candy Kingdom; Gumball leads them down to where Envy's locked up. They stop in front of the door that's covered with locks and witch craft.
"I won't open it but Envy's there. I personally never seen him but I have no plans too. Let's go before he hears us." They nod so as they ascend up the stairs, multiple doors, locks, and traps seal the passage to where the Nightmare lays dormant.
"Are you nervous? That knowing Wrath and Pride, are on the loose and we have no idea how Pride is?" Fionna asks making Gumball to stop.
"I'm only 23 years old, I did not experience the Mushroom War or imprison the Nightmares. I'm nervous but I know that we will be victorious. Now let's get whatever we can get done. I can't have my people within the castle too long if not they'll come upon this area. I don't want him to be discovered." They leave the hallway that leads to Envy and it seals up behind them.
"I gotta go to the Ice Kingdom to strike up an alliance with Ice Queen. She has Greed and he can be very dangerous if not kept in check. I'll tell you guys what happens later ok?" Marshall asks as he's about to fly through the door.
"Be careful." Fionna calls out as he leaves. She looks over to Cake and she nods "Let's go get some sleep." and they leave.